Children's Museum

We visited the McKenna Children's Museum in New Braunfels last weekend. I purchased tickets on Groupon a while back, thinking we could go on a hot summer Saturday. However, with all the house renovations, packing and moving in the last couple of months, we haven't had the chance to go. We were only there for a couple of hours, but Greyson could have easily spent much more time there. He loved it! He especially liked the huge water table and "firetruck", which was actually an ambulance. He heard the siren from the other side of the room and quickly set out to find it. 

Helping Daddy catch a fish.

Fun for all ages!

Grilling some fish and hotdogs in the camping section.

Driving the "fire truck".

He loved making the siren and lights go off.

We might be buying a train set soon... for Greyson. ;)

Astronauts!

Greyson loves wearing the friendship bracelets he has made at daycare and got right to work on making another one.

Our little firefighter.

Greyson and Daddy

Greyson definitely missed his daddy while Blake was working at the new house. Now that we are all home together in the evenings, he has been attached to Blake at the hip. Although there's not much Greyson-love for Momma these days, it's awesome to see how much this kiddo loves his Daddy!

Bedtime stories on the first night at our new house.

Helping Daddy water the grass - in attempt to bring it back to life.

Greyson followed Blake all over the backyard while he mowed the grass. Greyson was so wore out and sweaty when they finished!

Baby Butler #2 Update

My check-ups for Baby Butler #2 have all been good so far. Aside from being tired, everything is going well. She is measuring right on target and is already an active kiddo - she would hardly sit still long enough for the doctor to get her heartbeat reading at my previous check-up. Now that we are in the new house, my next big project is to get her room ready. Our little turkey will be here soon!

August 22 (26 Weeks)

September 7 (28 Weeks)

Moving Day!

About a month and a half after we closed on our new house, we were finally able to move into it the last weekend of August. The flooring was finished just in the nick of time (except nine tiles in the master bathroom because the flooring guys ran out of tile, but that's another story). My family came in and helped Blake and I start moving things on Saturday morning, cleaning both the old and new houses and keeping Greyson entertained. They also helped me get the kitchen unpacked and set up Greyson's room and our bed so the house was semi-functional and we would at least have a place to crash at the end of the day. We couldn't have done it without them! We had movers come on Sunday to move all the furniture and big boxes, which worked out great. Blake and I didn't get much done during the next week, but had a very productive first weekend in our new home. There is still a lot we want to do, but we are so excited to finally be in our home.

Monkey see, monkey do.

All these empty boxes were just too tempting not to play in.

He was so excited about his big tunnel!

There was so much going on the first day of moving, he refused to take a nap, but he fell asleep the last 5-10 minutes of most of our trips back and forth between the houses.

Day 2 of moving. Aunt Tanya woke up bright and early and took the kiddos to do what any great aunt would do.... bought them all chocolate covered donuts with sprinkles! The rest of the donuts and kolaches were a big hit with the big kids, too!

The supervisors

Moving Day #2